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Image Gallery Web Part - Title
This is unbelievably terrible design. I can't believe you couldn't add captions to image thumbnails in a gallery and FOUR YEARS LATER you STILL can't. Using the "Carousel" option is not a solution. It only shows one image at a time, so it defeats the purpose of a thumbnail gallery.
MelDav Wow yeah I'm surprised at the limited capabilty of the Imagae Gallery. It would be nice if
1. We could have our users upload their own images - the only way I can think to do it is to have the library be dynamic and give them a link to put their photos in - but then there are no image captions. If we use the select image you can add a caption that shows when the image is clicked on but there is no easy way for users to add images! Yipes terrible U/I!
2. Have the captions show in the Dynamic mode using the file name at least. That shouldn't be too difficult.
Sheesh I just wanted to make a fun share site for company pets and its become a Sharepoint how to lol
Christine_Cannavo for what you want to do the image gallery is not the right tool and there are better options available. For example you could have your users add a photo to a list in Lists and format it with a gallery view:
Or, as we do in our company, have a community in Viva Engage (formerly Yammer) for them to upload their photos, and add descriptions etc:
Rob
Los Gallardos
Microsoft Power Automate Community Super User.
Principal Consultant, SharePoint and Power Platform WSP Global (and classic 1967 Morris Traveller driver)Rob_Elliott thank you for the tips! I will check out those options : ) I just want it to be easy and not require a lot of explaination!
Christine_Cannavo Lists is very easy and so so is Viva Engage, but you've got to be prepared to learn stuff!
